Overview
- Ferdinand relocated to Dubai in August 2025 with his wife Kate and their five children after leaving his TNT Sports punditry role.
- In an LBC interview, he questioned how taxes are spent and said people would be more willing to pay if the health service were performing well.
- His move came shortly before Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s autumn Budget that introduced about £40 billion in tax rises targeting businesses and wealthier households.
- He said the relocation lets him spend more time with his family and praised the education approach available to his children in the UAE.
- At the One Young World Summit in Munich, he argued his Rio Ferdinand Foundation is doing work he believes should fall to government.